Illuminati is fantastic, and a classic of the American gaming catalogue. It's also beloved of AcidGrampa and GarageDelFuego should you be on the west coast and looking for opponents.
Fluxx, unlike Flux was never to my tastes. The effect of the individual cards played is excessively abstracted and random, IMHO.
How many players would you typically get together with? That's a key question, as many of the best games are for 3-5 players. If you get outside that range, the recommendations change. Genre tastes and preferences for complexity in your playgroup would also influence the recommendation.
Fluxx, unlike Flux was never to my tastes. The effect of the individual cards played is excessively abstracted and random, IMHO.
How many players would you typically get together with? That's a key question, as many of the best games are for 3-5 players. If you get outside that range, the recommendations change. Genre tastes and preferences for complexity in your playgroup would also influence the recommendation.
Agricola, Le Havre, and Space Alert all go from solitaire up to 5 players, and are popular, award winning games.